By: Ardis E. Parshall - July 01, 2018 Featured on my Facebook page, and posted here for archiving. Chiyo Koji Shiogi (1892-1999 – yes, she lived to age 107) was the first Japanese convert to the Church to emigrate to the United States: baptized in 1909, she arrived in Portland in 1912, bearing a recommendation from her mission president that read in part: “She is a faithful saint in every way and has been a great help to us in teachi...
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